Month: September 2018

Georgian schools ordered to take part in Abkhazia's 'Victory Day'

September 27, 2018 by DFWatch staff

GALI, DFWatch–On September 30, the de facto government of Abkhazia celebrates Victory Day, commemorating victory in the 1992-93 war. Among the planned events will be a procession by the initiative group “Our Heros’ Way”, which is mainly made up of Abkhaz youth. However, Georgian schools operating in the Gali district have also been ordered to … Read more

Georgia's former PM joins EBRD as consultant

September 25, 2018 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s former prime minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has embarked on a new job as a consultant at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The contract which was signed ‘a few weeks’ ago one of the former PM’s responsibilities will be offering advice to Uzbekistan’s government about setting up a platform for dialogue between … Read more

School pupils in Gali prohibited from attending NGO events

September 21, 2018 by DFWatch staff

GALI, DFWatch–The deputy head of administration in Gali district has carried out an inspection of the schools in this predominantly Georgian district of breakaway Abkhazia and ordered principals not to let

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256 Gali youth tried to enroll at Georgian universities, 130 passed exams

September 20, 2018 by DFWatch staff

Graduates registering for unified national exams 2018 in Tbilisi. (1tv.ge)

GALI, DFWatch – 130 residents of breakaway Abkhazia’s Gali district enrolled at universities in Georgia proper this year, the head of Gali Educational Resource Center said to DFWatch.

Editor violently attacked by half dozen men in Tbilisi

September 18, 2018 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–An editor of a popular Georgian magazine was assaulted and beaten by half a dozen men Saturday evening.

The attack on Zurab Vardiashvili, editor of Liberali magazine, took place in the southern Varketili district of Tbilisi. Two SUVs stopped

My time in the official service is over

September 14, 2018 by DFW-admin

Dear friends and colleagues, as of today, September 13, my time in the official service of the Georgian government will be over. I wish to thank the people of Georgia, whose support and advice has empowered me to work for every Georgian administration since 1989.

Young men are leaving Gali en masse to seek work abroad

September 12, 2018 by DFWatch staff

GALI, DFWatch–Young people are leaving their homes here in Gali, Abkhazia, to seek work opportunities abroad. In the last month, about 50 young people, most of them men, have left for Poland from one of the villages in the district, DFWatch was told by locals.

Abkhazia’s de facto prime minister killed in car accident

September 9, 2018 by DFWatch staff

The prime minister of Sokhumi regime was killed in a car accident on the road connecting the capital of breakaway Abkhazia with Russia’s Sochi on Saturday, when he was returning from his trip to Syria.

German MEP voices solidarity to Georgia's embattled university

September 7, 2018 by DFWatch staff

German politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany has expressed her solidarity to an embattled university in Georgia, which is under fire for its alleged links to U.S.-based Turkish cleric and a personal foe of President Erdogan.

Breakaway authorities step up Russification at schools, kindergartens in predominantly Georgian Akhalgori

September 4, 2018 by DFWatch staff

Akhalgori, DFWatch – The 2018-19 academic year in Akhalgori schools and kindergartens starts on September 5 instead of September 1 and poses dire problems for ethnic Georgian kids and their parents.

Despite the fact that ethnic Georgians compose over 55 percent of Akhalgori population, the Tskhinvali regime disbanded the sole Georgian kindergarten in the district in May.